Thursday, December 6, 2007

Good Intentions, Bad Results...

When the Retirement Systems of Alabama announced that it intended to preserve the Old Judicial Building on Dexter Avenue in Montgomery as part of a redevelopment effort, many people were pleased.

Unfortunately, the resulting proposal pretty much eliminates any of that pleasure as the building is terribly out of place on Dexter Avenue.

Read this op-ed piece to learn more.

And, click here to see if you can find any proposed people that would be walking by this major pedestrian way...

UPDATE: click here to see more renderings of how this building doesn't fit into the surrounding capitol grounds...